COMEDY CENTRAL® Renews Hit Animated Series "Brickleberry"

COMEDY CENTRAL® Renews Hit Animated Series "Brickleberry"
Thirteen-Episode Second Season Set to Premiere in Fall 2013
Executive Produced by Daniel Tosh and Creators Waco O'Guin and Roger Black
With Voice Talent Including Tosh, Kaitlin Olson, Tom Kenny, David Herman,
Jerry Minor and Black
PR Newswire
NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2012
NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Brickleberry National Park will remain
open for visitors for another year as "Brickleberry," the hit series featuring
an animated bunch of unruly park rangers, has been renewed by COMEDY CENTRAL
for a second season, it was announced today by Kent Alterman, Head of Original
Programming and Production, COMEDY CENTRAL. Co-produced by Fox 21 and COMEDY
CENTRAL, "Brickleberry" is executive produced by Daniel Tosh ("Tosh.0"), and
series creators/writers/executive producers Waco O'Guin and Roger Black
(MTV2's "Stankervision"). The thirteen-episode second season is scheduled to
premiere in Fall 2013.
"We are happy to continue educating America's youth about nature, and the
national conservation movement," said Alterman.
"This is incredible news!" said O'Guin. "I can't wait to get more angry phone
calls from my mother."
"Now I can pay off my Chevy Cobalt," added Black.
"Brickleberry" premiered its first season on September 25 and is currently
airing new episodes on Tuesdays at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT following "Tosh.0." Seven
weeks into the run, the series is averaging 1.8 total million viewers each
week and is the second-highest rated series in its timeslot with Men 18-34 and
Men 18-24 in all television. (source: Nielsen Media Research, most current
data, 9/25/12 – 10/30/12, original telecasts only)
"Brickleberry," co-produced by Fox 21 and COMEDY CENTRAL, is an animated
series revolving around a group of dysfunctional park rangers at a second tier
national park. "Brickleberry" voice talent includes Kaitlin Olson ("It's
Always Sunny in Philadelphia") as "Ethel," the smoking hot top ranger who is
transferred to Brickleberry, Tom Kenny ("SpongeBob SquarePants") as "Woody,"
the head ranger who has good intentions, but not always the best ideas, Dave
Herman ("Futurama") as "Steve," the overconfident Ranger of the Month, Jerry
Minor ("Eastbound & Down") as "Denzel," the African American ranger who isn't
comfortable in the woods, Roger Black as "Connie," the unusually strong and
masculine female ranger, and Tosh as "Malloy," the cuddly, yet vulgar and
spoiled resident bear.
"Brickleberry" is executive produced by Daniel Tosh ("Tosh.0") and series
creators/writers/executive producers Waco O'Guin and Roger Black (MTV2's
"Stankervision"). Jim Sharp and Ian Friedman are the Executives in Charge of
Production for COMEDY CENTRAL. The animation is produced at Bento Box in
Burbank, CA.
O'Guin and Black are repped by Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment and David
Stone at WME.
Fox 21 is a production company housed within Twentieth Century Fox Television
devoted to making creatively ambitious scripted series for the cable
television market, as well as unscripted shows for both cable and broadcast
networks. Fox 21, led by President Bert Salke, currently co-produces the
award-winning cable smash "Sons of Anarchy" as well as the critically
acclaimed "Homeland," starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis, which took home
both the Golden Globe and the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series after its
first season on the air.
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